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A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.
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 Apple today released new firmware designed for the AirPods Pro 3 and the prior-generation AirPods Pro 2. The ?AirPods Pro 3? firmware is 8B30, up from 8B25, while the AirPods Pro 2 firmware is 8B28, up from 8B21.
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OpenAI's "code red" response to Google's Gemini 3 Pro has arrived. On the same day the company announced a Sora licensing pact with Disney, it took the wraps off GPT-5.2. OpenAI is touting the new model as its best yet for real-world, professional use. "It's better at creating spreadsheets, building presentations, writing code, perceiving images, understanding long contexts, using tools, and handling complex, multi-step projects," said OpenAI.
In a series of 10 benchmarks highlighted by OpenAI, GPT-5.2 Thinking, the most advanced version of the model, outperformed its GPT-5.1 counterpart, sometimes by a significant margin. For example, in AIME 2025, a test that involves 30 challenging mathematics problems, the model earned a perfect 100 percent score, beating out GPT-5.1's already state-of-the-art score of 94 perfect. It also achieved that feat without turning to tools like web search. Meanwhile, in ARC-AGI-1, a benchmark that tests an AI system's ability to reason abstractly like a human being would, the new system beat GPT-5.1's score by more than 10 percentage points.
OpenAI says GPT-5.2 Thinking is better at answering questions factually, with the company finding it produces errors 30 percent less frequently. "For professionals,
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No need to fret if you missed out on some of the best Black Friday deals this year — some of them have returned already. Case in point: Apple's AirPods Pro 3, which came out in September this year, are on sale for a new record low of $199. That's 20 percent off and better than the discount we saw during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. With the new AirPods Pro, Apple made some big improvements, including better battery life and sound quality, and introduced useful new features, such as Live Translation.
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Disney is hedging against the future. OpenAI is clearing a path for Sora. And together they've made a blueprint for how AI and Hollywood can move forward.
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Governments are studying the decision to prohibit youths from using platforms like Facebook and TikTok as worries grow about the potential harm they cause.
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 Google is rolling out Gemini integration for its Chrome browser on iPhone and iPad, a move that brings AI feature parity with its web and desktop versions.
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Wes Ott covers today's top tech stories: Australia begins its social media ban for those under the age of 16; Spotify adds music videos for Premium subscribers in the US and Canada; and Google autofill is getting more powerful. (edited)
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Commentary: Apple's thin phone made several right choices to get its thin shape, but this one change makes it hard to stick to.
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Coffee subscriptions offer their steepest discounts in December—including on WIRED's two favorite coffee subscriptions.
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OpenAI has been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit after a man killed his mother and took his own life back in August, according to a report by The Verge. The suit names CEO Sam Altman and accuses ChatGPT of putting a "target" on the back of victim Suzanne Adams, an 83-year-old woman who was killed in her home.
The victim's estate claims the killer, 56-year-old Stein-Erik Soelberg, engaged in delusion-soaked conversations with ChatGPT in which the bot "validated and magnified" certain "paranoid beliefs." The suit goes on to suggest that the chatbot "eagerly accepted" delusional thoughts lea
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PlayStation Extra and Premium subscribers can play Skate Story now, as well as Assassin's Creed Mirage and more very soon.
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The new collaboration offers Prime members another way to game.
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Unai Emery's men go in search of a fifth win in the group phase as they travel to Switzerland.
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 Apple's AirPods Pro 3 have hit a new record low price of $199.00 today on Amazon, down from $249.00. This deal beats the Black Friday price we saw last month by about $20.
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A new lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT encouraged a man's delusional thinking, leading him to kill his 83-year-old mother and take his own life.
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Apple and Samsung have put plenty of health and fitness features into their latest flagship watches. Here is how they compare.
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Still got your cordless phone? It could be the only thing keeping you connected to the world when there's a massive mobile outage.
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Add a smart lock to your front door to upgrade your home security and simplify holiday hosting this season. Here are the best options I've tested.
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At the same time, Disney has a new partnership to let OpenAI use its characters in its AI video tool.
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Sorry to the Polymarket bettors.
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Enjoy bold, rich, and premium sound without blowing your budget.
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The magazine said there was "no turning back or opting out" of AI's massive influence in 2025.
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From flagship and budget to flipping and folding, Samsung's Galaxy range spans the breadth of the smartphone cosmos. WIRED's here to help you make your choice.
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From battery life to durability to value, we've found the best Wear OS smartwatches that check all the boxes.
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The first trailer for the next DC Studios movie is filled with nods to the comic book story that inspired it.
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Operation Bluebird is taking flight.
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 Individuals with limited hearing struggle in situations where multiple people around them are speaking at once. New headphone tech could help, by boosting the voice of the person they're
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Protect your home without the hassle of professional setup with the best DIY home security systems on the market, tested by our CNET experts.
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Google wants you to use its experimental GenTabs feature to plan your next trip.
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Milly Alcock plays the heroine, Superman's cousin, and Krypto the Superdog is back.
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 Amazon this week is discounting a collection of Beats headphones and speakers, including a low price on the Powerbeats Pro 2. You can get this new 2025 model for $199.95 in four colors, down from $249.99. This deal on the Powerbeats Pro 2 is being matched at Best Buy, along with a few other Beats deals.
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Elon Musk "bid adieu to the Twitter brand" in 2023 in favor of X. A startup wants to resurrect it.
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 Apple's next-generation Studio Display is expected to arrive early next year, and a new report allegedly provides a couple more details on the external monitor's capabilities.
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Prime Video's latest needle-poke into generative AI's bubble comes on the heels of its anime dubbing debacle.
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 The AirTag 2 will include a handful of new features that will improve tracking capabilities, according to a new report from Macworld. The site says that it was able to access an internal build of iOS 26, which includes references to multiple unreleased products.
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Disney has accused Google of copyright infringement on a "massive scale," alleging that the tech giant is training its AI tools on protected materials as well as allowing those tools to generate infringing images and videos. Variety reports that Disney attorneys sent a cease-and-desist letter to Google on Wednesday.
"Google is infringing Disney's copyrights on a massive scale, by copying a large corpus of Disney's copyrighted works without authorization to train and develop generative artificial intelligence (‘AI') models and services, and by using AI models and services to commercially exploit and distribute copies of its protected works to consumers in violation of Disney's copyrights," reads the letter, which Variety reviewed.
The letter includes examples of images from several Disney properties including Deadpool, Moana, Star Wars and others, reproduced by Google's AI tools. Disney is demanding that Google implement guardrails within all its AI products to prevent further infringement. The media giant sent a similar letter to Character.AI in September, and is currently suing Hailuo and Midjourney over alleged copyright infringement.
Copyright enforcement has become more challenging in the face of AI-created ima
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 Shazam today announced it is rolling out a new Popular Segments feature that reveals exactly which part of a song is most popular with listeners.
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Upgrade your office with one of the best desks our CNET experts have tested.
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The tug-of-war on font type isn't aesthetic. It's political.
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Unveiled back in September, Amazon's new E Ink tablet-style Scribe e-readers with a front light are now available.
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NEW RESOURCES The Standard (Kenya): Government unveils a new era of community driven tourism innovation. "As part of this transformative agenda, the Cabinet Secretary noted that the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) […]
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The names of two partial owners of firms linked to the Salt Typhoon hacker group also appeared in records for a Cisco training program—years before the group targeted Cisco's devices in a spy campaign.
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NEW RESOURCES National Library of Wales: Explore Your Archive: Newly Catalogued Archives. "As well as the expertise of our staff, who have been exploring a variety of new cataloguing methodologies, we greatly […]
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Deepseek reportedly received banned chips, and is allegedly using them to train a new model.
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Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for Dec. 11, No. 1,636.
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 The next-generation low-cost iPad will use Apple's A19 chip, according to a report from Macworld. Macworld claims to have seen an "internal Apple code document" with information about the 2026 ?iPad? lineup.
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It's become cliche to say that we live in a golden age of board games, but to paraphrase the great stoic philosopher Andy Bernard, it's great to know you're in the good old days before you've left them. Great titles are still coming out by the thousands every year, from crowd-pleasing party games to genre-bending, theme-heavy Euros. Whether the gamer in your life is looking for a mind-warping challenge, a fun evening with friends or something in-between, we've got new releases or old favorites they'll love.
The best board games to gift (and play)
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Looking to buy a gift for the fitness fanatic in your life? Our experts have found the best fitness products to give as a gift this season, from resistance bands to the latest smart ring.
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NVIDIA is now allowed to sell its second-best H200 processors to China, rather than just the sanction-approved H20 model that China had previously declined to buy, President Trump wrote on Truth Social. The United States will collect a 25 percent tariff on those sales, the Commerce Department confirmed yesterday.
Trump said that he informed China's President Xi Jinping of the decision and that he "responded positively." The Commerce Department is finalizing details and the administration will take the same approach with AMD, Intel and other US companies. He added that the administration would "protect National Security," so the latest Blackwell and upcoming Rubin chips are not part of the deal. The 25 percent tariff would be higher than the 15 percent the White House suggested in August.
Though the administration won't allow NVIDIA to send its latest high-end chips, it was reportedly concerned that the company would lose business to Huawei if it was completely shut out of China's market, according to Reuters. No details about the number of H200 chips or which companies would be eligible to buy them were released. "Offering H200 to approved commercial customers, vetted by the Department of Commerce, strikes a thoughtful balance that is great for America," NVIDIA said in a statement.
The decision is not without controversy, though. Several Democratic US senators
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Keep your home secure during your holiday trips with the best cameras, tested by CNET's experts -- now on sale for the holidays.
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You can prompt an AI model with a line of text, and it will generate most of the code needed to build an app, tool or website -- no programming experience required. Here's what I found out about its limits.
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NEW RESOURCES Maps Mania: Introducing the Global Building Atlas. "The Global Building Atlas is a new global, high-resolution 3D dataset of the world's 2.75 billion buildings. Developed by a research team at […]
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NEW RESOURCES University of California San Francisco: UCSF Print News Preserved and Digitized Through California Revealed . "Thanks to generous support from California Revealed, a state-wide initiative to digitize, preserve, and provide […]
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Smart locks offer app-based features for deadbolts, retrofits, levers and more: Here's how you should choose the right one.
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Even if its components are powerful enough for Windows 11, it may become electronic waste: This is because Microsoft has strict requirements for the hardware on which the new operating system can run — especially when it comes to the processor.
Most PCs and laptops that are more than eight years old are therefore excluded from the upgrade — even though they work without any problems under Windows 10 and would certainly do the same under Windows 11.
However, you can make your computer officially fit for Windows 11 with small hardware upgrades: Whether this is worthwhile, whether it is even possible, and how much it costs depends on the specific PC or laptop.
What your computer needs for Windows 11
The requirements that Microsoft places on a computer for Windows 11 look low at first glance:
Processor with 64-bit support, two cores and a clock speed of 1GHz
4GB RAM
64GB storage for the installation
Many old c
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In this article, we explore the top 10 AI tools that are driving innovation and efficiency in various industries. These tools are designed to automate repetitive tasks, improve workflow, and increase productivity. The tools included in our list are some of the most advanced and widely used in the market, and are suitable for a variety of applications. Some of the tools focus on natural language processing, such as ChatGPT and Grammarly, while others focus on image and video generation, such as DALL-E and Lumen5. Other tools such as OpenAI Codex, Tabnine, Canva, Jasper AI,, and Surfer SEO are designed to help with specific tasks such as code understanding content writing and website optimization. This list is a great starting point for anyone looking to explore the possib
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